Vernon
Well, I don't know. We kind of jumped around from one subject to another. I guess
A
you'll straighten that all out. But I don't know whether there will be duplication.
Margaret Petersen
Q ..
Well, that's one of the advantages when you get one of these texts back--you can take bits
and pieces and move them around.
A ..
When looked over a couple of things that might be of interest to you, one thing that I
thought might be interesting was an article by Margaret Petersen, who was active in
hydraulics throughout her career in the Corps. She is very active in ASCE, too. But she
has an interesting perspective on the Corps and her whole career practically was in the
Corps. She is now doing some teaching work. But she is still in ASCE.
This article was published in a book called Sons ofMartha by the ASCE. Jay Frederick
was the editor of it. He used to work for the Corps, too, in hydrology and hydraulics.
He is also in the educational business now. But you can have that. I made a copy for you.
There are some things in there that might be of interest and might give you a little
background on some of the hydrology and hydraulics.
She was in on some of the early phases of hydraulics where they had to come up with new
ideas in hydraulics, and develop new ways of doing things.
Q ..
As a matter of fact, in preparation for today's interview, I was looking at her bookRiver
,
Engineering, last night. So it's interesting that you bring her up.
A ..
females, or one of the early females anyway, in the Corps
Well, since she's one of the
of Engineers, and she had a
good career I think.
Q ..
She must have been one of the very few with a
career.
Oh, I don't know of any who had that long of a career with the Corps. But there's a lot.
A
l
There were quite a few women that have been in the Corps. A lot of them are not in
engineering, of course.
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